INTRAC detecting at least five instruments used by criminals in committing corruption and money laundering.

INTRAC detecting at least five instruments used by criminals in committing corruption and money laundering.


Center for Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (INTRAC) detecting at least five instruments used by criminals in committing corruption and money laundering. The fifth instrument is rupiah accounts, insurance policies, deposits, and foreign exchange (forex).

This was revealed by Chief INTRAC M Yusuf, Wednesday (02/01/2013), in a press conference at the office PPATK. "Many cases of corruption Corruption Eradication Commission arrested with cash and in-kind exchange," said Yusuf.

In the research conducted PPATK typology in the first half of 2012 with a focus on relevant typology of corruption and money laundering, there are five common instruments used by criminals. The five of the account rupiah (35.1 percent), insurance (13.8 percent), desposito (13.2 percent), and foreign currency (9.2 percent).

"Usually they claim to have a money changer business as a pretext foreign ownership in large numbers. We have coordinated with the customs in this regard, but if they buy at the money changer illegal, it is difficult to detect. Intelligence so that it takes a lot of work in this," said Joseph .

Furthermore, Joseph explained, transaction patterns or modes of the most widely used are either cash transactions or pull cash deposit. Joseph acknowledged PPATK difficult to detect because many upstream corruption corruption that uses cash transactions. They will not be possible to use a transfer to corruption because it is more easily detected.

"During this difficult because cash transactions. Can only be those who accept it, but do not know where the money came from. Hence, the Commission needs to be more in depth," said Joseph.

Another pattern is to place the funds in the form of ownership of investment such as deposits, ORI, bonds, mutual funds, stocks, and SUKUK. They also often carry out transactions in the insurance companies with relatively large and do not fit your customer profile.

"Another way is to hold large amounts of funds on account of the individual concerned or another party that is not related to the family but still relevant," said Yusuf.

Center for Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (INTRAC) found there was around Rp 100 trillion money supply are thought to have come from the practice of irregularities during the year 2012. The number was derived from 108,145 transactions received mencurigaan INTRAC. From the report there are about 267 transactions that have been followed to law enforcement.

Meanwhile, since 2002 INTRAC has received 12,232,370 suspicious transaction reports. A total of 2122 reports of which have been submitted to the police investigators, prosecutors, the Commission, the agency Narcotics Agency (BNN), and the Directorate General of Taxation.